Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs ligate snail

Anostirus castaneus compared with Helix ligata

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while ligate snail is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	ligate snail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Elateridae	Helicidae
Genus	Anostirus	Helix
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Helix ligata

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and ligate snail share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

ligate snail

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	ligate snail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

ligate snail

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Found in Italy.

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

The Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle (Anostirus castaneus) is a species in the genus Anostirus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.